Anchor / Reporters
Stephanie Watson
Stephanie joined the KDKA-TV News Team in September of 2006. She currently anchors the weekend evening news. During the week, Stephanie also reports for the early and late evening broadcasts.
Watson comes to KDKA after working as a morning/noon anchor at the Southwest Florida NBC affiliate WBBH. She started her on-air career at the ABC affiliate in Beaumont, Texas. There she earned the 2002 Outstanding Media of Crime Victims' Issues in Hardin County, Texas.
In between her anchoring positions, Stephanie was an on-air radio talent for KAYD in in Beaumont, Texas. She also pulled double duty as their news director for all five of the Cumulus Broadcasting's radio stations in that market.
But television will always be her first love. She started in TV working behind the scenes for "Entertainment Tonight." She went on to work as an associate producer for two other nationally syndicated shows-- "Hard Copy" and "Extra."
Stephanie earned her BA in Communications at the University of Southern California. While she was born in Dallas, Texas, she spent most of her life in Orange County, California, which she still calls home.